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Monday, May 30, 2005

Ob-Wan Kenobe where are you?

Have you seen the Val's DVD??? Not bad....but hallelujah! I thought Dath Vader and Luke Skywalker were going to drop from the sky and duel with their light sabers! What in the world was The Star Wars soundtrack doing in the background? I reached the stars alright!

May the force be with you,
varun

P.S - Have you watched 'The Revenge of the Sith'?

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  • ooooh...i really liked REVENGE OF THE SITH even though im not much of a star wars fan!!!...so i think every1 shld watch it.....if i liked it,any1 wld!!!!
    ya and abt the val's DVD....it was a bit corny..the music!!!....but hey its all we have as our memories!!!!....so atleast we can be sure to laugh when we think back on it!!!!

    By Blogger ranjana, at Tue May 31, 08:55:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • Yeah my poor grand kids!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wed Jun 01, 10:17:00 AM GMT+5:30  

  • hey y r they forcing us to buy the dvd? 600 bucks n nothing worth!! worse, i already have the crap in a cd!!

    By Blogger ADTC, at Wed Jun 01, 11:11:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • I saw the movie. Ai-i! Somehow I felt George Lucas was trying to bring up something that had its charm only for the 80s. Yes, its definately a treat for all "Star Wars" fans and for those who would like to see the story 'reel' out on reel (like me). But after watching the movie, I still feel the first Star Wars movie (starring Harrison Ford) was the best.
    I think the ending made up for the lack in the skill of dialogue writing that stuck out like a sore thumb.
    Yes, the effects was good, acting was credible, but the movie is enjoyable for all those "frame stuck" in the Star Wars saga of the 80s (no offence Ranjana!).

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Mon Jun 13, 09:52:00 AM GMT+5:30  

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Sunday, May 29, 2005

Survey No. 3

Hey people! If the world was to end tomorrow, what would you do today?

Post your replies as comments to this post.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Survey No. 2 - Results

What do you use the Internet for?

AnswersVotesPercent
1. Checking and sending e-mails815%
7. Searching for and/or meeting online friends815%
2. Downloading music files713%
3. Downloading softwares612%
4. Learning casually (for e.g. new technologies, news)612%
9. Updating Antivirus and other softwares installed on your computer612%
5. Learning for Academic purpose (e.g. science research, homework)510%
10. Other stuffs not mentioned48%
6. Searching for and applying for jobs online12%
8. Shopping online for small articles12%

Total Votes: 52

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Saturday, May 21, 2005

Keane

Hey!
Have any of you listened to Keane? I listened to two of their songs on Virgin radio - very nice! Simply piano, drums and voice. A must listen!
If you like pop/alternative you will like them.

The songs I listened to : 'Bed-Shaped' and 'Everybody's Changing'

Listen away!

varun

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Hullo!

Hey all!

I'm having problems visiting the blog. Its giving me IP and DNS errors. Vishnu too has been having these problems from the start. Its only this blog I'm having problems with. I can log in to the dashboard without any problem. I think the problem lies with those hyphens sticking in the name. Could you think of an alternate name for this blog? Minus the hyphens? 'thegreenroom' and 'greenroom' already exists. How about 'thebackdoor'...but I don't know if that is available. Get those gears grinding in your head!

And, congrats everyone! One more stone gone, what's new to carve on? All the best for every single decision and step you take.

Good night!
varun
P.S - I won't be able to enter comments, but I will be able to read them since the comments are mailed to me.

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  • it's not the problem of the hyphens... its just that blogger might be testing new things, resulting in a server shutdown for some time. vishnu is probably having problems with his DNS server.
    try accessing other blogs.
    send a feedback to blogger with details.
    my suggestions (keep the green, its nice)
    (if dots r making u afraid, then see at the end)
    green.room
    the.green.room
    bethanites.in.green.room
    green.room.of.bethanites
    green.room.of.bethany
    (in four above try removing dots between green and room)
    bethanites.in.green
    bethanitesingreenroom
    greenroomofbethanites
    greenroomofbethany
    bethanitesingreen
    PS: read my post "Apache Tomcat Errors" in my blog. its somewhere in the archives.

    By Blogger ADTC, at Thu May 19, 10:45:00 AM GMT+5:30  

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Toppers
Overall / Science Stream
1: Venkat M Sundar
2: Uday Deepak Devulapalli
3: Ranjana Pillai
4: Siddharth Maskara
5: Jimmy Antony

Commerce Stream
1: Shashank Arora
2: Bavani
3: Abhishek Menon
4: Fancy Ropuichong
5: Prachi Harlalka

Subject-Wise Toppers
English - Overall / Science Stream
1: Uday Deepak Devulapalli
2: Ipsita Roy & Venkat M Sundar
3: Jimmy Antony & Ranjana Pillai

English - Commerce Stream
1: Bavani
2: Shashank Arora
3: Abhishek Menon, Fancy Ropuichong & Tanmay Choudhury

Economics
1: Shashank Arora
2: Abhishek Menon
3: Saratho Katiry

Commerce
1: Shashank Arora
2: Fancy Ropuichong
3: Bavani

Accounts
1: Bavani
2: Abhishek Menon
3: Fancy Ropuichong & Shashank Arora

Arts
1: Prachi Harlalka

Business Studies
1: Abhishek Menon
2: Bavani
3: Fancy Ropuichong

Mathematics
1: Ranjana Pillai & Venkat M Sundar
2: Siddharth Maskara
3: Krishna Nambiar & Uday Deepak Devulapalli

Physics
1: Krishna Nambiar
2: Uday Deepak Devulapalli
3: Abinash Pant & Venkat M Sundar

Chemistry
1: Venkat M Sundar
2: Siddharth Maskara & Uday Deepak Devulapalli
3: Abinash Pant & Krishna Nambiar

Biology
1: Jimmy Antony
2: Ranjana Pillai
3: Uday Deepak Devulapalli

Environmental Studies
1: Jimmy Antony
2: Varun Nair
3: Shruti Devayya K

Computer Science
1: Arun Das T C
2: Siddharth Maskara
3: Venkat M Sundar

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

RESULTS!!

Hey all..
Good news or bad news? I dont know.

I just saw this on the ISC website :
Results of the ICSE and ISC Examinations to be announced on 18 May 2005 at 4:00 P.M.

They have put up a new site : www.cisce.in

All the best!
Hope the Gods have been fair..

varun

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Inky-pinky-ponky

Given a choice between music, reading, watching a movie or going out; what would you chose?

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Sunday, May 15, 2005

THE COUNTESS STRIKES AGAIN.........AND HOW!!!!

Hey guys....if you remeber the magazine that we released in the 11th......INK SPOTS.....you might recollect a certain "crazed" astrologer and crystal-ball grazer called Countess Kristallina Von Sinistra.....
Well, turns out she really has some sort of "powers".The reason is that recently a lot of predictions she's been making have been comin true!!!!......Scary but true!!!!......
See now you guys can say that you led to the discovery of perhaps the next Nostradamus.....ok,maybe I got a little carried away with that comment!!!............
Anyway,will be watching all your stars!!!................
I'll leave you with a prediction about the results,which i forsee will be out before the end of this week..........

The Countess.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005

Year of Music

Hey-o!

Been some time since I posted anything.

Yep, there's a lot happenin in the music scene this summer. So many new albums to look forward to. There's 'Dont Believe In the Truth' by Oasis, 'X&Y' by Coldplay, 'Stand Up' by Dave Matthews Band, 'Blinking Lights and Other Revelations' by Eels, 'With Teeth' by Nine Inch Nails and the unamed album by Mew. I can't wait to listen to them all. I think even Travis is releasing their new album this summer. Oh yeah one more - 'Nothing is Sound' by Switchfoot.
Tough competition for the brit music awards...
Hey wait I left out my favourite band - The Crosswires! 3 new singles out this summer*.

The year of music...

Cheers,
varun

*hopefully..

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isnoop.net gmail invite spooler

People, check out the isnoop.net gmail invite spooler

For more information, The Blog of The Legendary ADTC

PS: This "BlogThis!" plug-in of Maxthon Browser is cool!

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

THE LATEST NEWS!!!!!

Hey fellow bloggers............
Guess what???....The Backstreet Boys are back!!!!.................For those who do not know who they are,they were one of the most popular bands about 10 years back and still remembered for some of their songs which were mega hits!!!...Ok, maybe everyone will not really share my enthusiasm!!!......
Oh, I'm sure all of you know about my "fascination" for Enrique....well that is over,I have absolutely no respect for the guy anymore!!!...Very disappointed!!
By the way...Kingfisher Airlines is in the air!!!!!....So excited!!

Keep blogging,
R.J.

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  • k... this shows ur attitude... hehe

    By Blogger ADTC, at Thu May 12, 04:18:00 AM GMT+5:30  

  • O Temperor! O Morraise! How in the whole wide world did this happen? Ranjana doesn't like Enrique....oh I'm growing faint!! No wonder Bangalore has been this hot for the past few days.
    Hmm...so the Backstreet Boys are back. I still remember seeing their video on TV (that "everybody, rock your body" thing) with those rats crawling around the screen. But those days are long past. But from what I'v "heard" this new song of theirs sounds interesting. I shall listen to it today and be the judge...I don't want to create more shockwaves by downloading it, Ranjana has created enough already! But the lyrics still seem the same....

    [do i create music or is it music that creates me?]

    By Blogger varun, at Thu May 12, 12:44:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • arun plz explain ur comment!!...don get it!!..........
    as 4 enrique,he is a desperate loser!!!....i never thght i wld be the one sayin tht...and i prbly shld have listened 2 u guys!!

    By Blogger ranjana, at Thu May 12, 09:16:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • Why the sudden change Ranjana? 'Enrique a desperate loser', I really laughed at that one!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Thu May 12, 09:21:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • its jus coz of a few things i found out abt him and his doings!!!!can't get into too much details...........
    btw,thanx 4 the explanation arun,u cldn't have been more clear or rite!!!

    By Blogger ranjana, at Fri May 13, 12:10:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Fri May 13, 07:32:00 PM GMT+5:30  

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Friday, May 06, 2005

The Bridge Across

Imagine the world as a huge meadow. There is the fresh green grass and the blue cloudless sky. Imagine every single person as a flower. Fill the meadow with these people. What do you get? The same purple flowers with a few differences. One flower is wilting, while the other stands straight.

We try to draw comfort in travelling through a path through which almost everyone has travelled before. We know that it is safe. It's been tried and tested for many years. So if a problem exists, its going to affect everyone and not us alone. But at the end of the path what do you see? The nice green meadow, but the same flowers. A few scarred, a few less scarred. Some fell harder, while others had a softer fall. But they have been through it all. We are still the same purple flower.

What if we try to be different? Ha! People laugh! You can't be different! You won't survive! Follow the path which already exists, its safe. But lets challenge ourselves, lets take a different path. It will be tough, but we got one chance - might as well use it.

We begin. But there is no path. It doesn't exist. Fine, lets create it. We begin to create it. We start on our journey. We come back to the beginning. That path lead us no where. Try again. This time we went further and found that the path ended at a crevice. Never mind, start again. Now we reach a river but we can't swim. We look around again. But all other possible paths are worse.

We are drowned in frustration. We are stuck for many days. There is no food. Hunger sweeps through us. Finally out of desperation we try again. We reach the river. Why not build a bridge? But we have never built a bridge before. We try and the bridge collapses. Finally after learning much, our bridge is built. We cross it.

Things start getting tougher. Every challenge seems to crack us down. But every solution seems to build us up again. Each time better and stronger.

Finally after years of travelling, we reach the meadow. We have taken twice as long to reach it. Frustration and desperation almost killed us. But we also learnt. We built a bridge across.

We enter the meadow. Its filled with the same purple flowers. But what about our flower? It's a bright yellow flower that stands out in the sea of purple. Which is the first flower that's going to be noticed? The yellow of course, standing out, waiting to be plucked.

Why do we dream? To chase those dreams and make our own path. We may fail many times, but we will succeed eventually.

Break away from routine and dare to challenge yourself. You may not find your pot of gold under the rainbow. You may find it under a thorny bush. But hey, you found it. Go build that bridge across and be a flower that stands out in the meadow. Dare to dream. Dare to be different. Dare to make your own path.

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  • i think what u said is really relevant....especially 4 us....i think part of the spice of life is daring to be different...........like some1 once said..."Do not go where the path leads,go ur own way and make a path urself"...or somethin 2 tht extent!!!!

    By Blogger ranjana, at Fri May 06, 09:50:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • Hi "who ever you are".
    Tell me, do you see yourself in someplace five to ten years from now? Don't you have that desire deep down somewhere to be someone?
    What I'm trying to say is that people tend to shy away and chose an easier path. I can't wake up in the morning and go work in someplace knowing that I could have been something and someone else. Yes you can fail. There is no law which says you won't nor is there one which says that you will. But if you can be careful and plot and plan yourself, there are more chances for you to succeed. It all revolves around the attitude you have towards success and failure.
    I don't believe that only certain people are gifted. Everyone is gifted in different ways. You simply need to find that 'different way'.
    In the end if I don't succeed, at least I will die knowing I tried. I won't have that feeling of regret that 'who knows it could have worked if I had given it a shot'.
    But all said and done, there is reality I agree. There is much that life demands out of each one of us. It all boils down to our choice. Are we ready to build a castle or let it remain simply as a floating figment in our sleep?
    But if you can believe, and if you are confident and have the right attitude, you have crossed the bridge.

    You do make sense in your own way. It's my view, you don't have to subscribe to it.

    Cheers,
    varun

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Sat May 07, 02:31:00 PM GMT+5:30  

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Thursday, May 05, 2005

Survey

If there is one thing that you would rather die than live without, what is it?

Results
Ranjana: her parents and... [I think you shouldn't rack your brain on this! See below]
Varun: his guitar
Avinash: his computer [and A. R. Rahman?]
Naveen: his girlfriend! [need an explanation for this?]
Chirag: food [isn't it obvious :) ]
Arun: God

PS1: Survey No. 2 coming soon....
PS2: If Naveen and Chirag needs this to be changed, drop a comment.

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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

An experience.....I think!!!

I've had never been so unprepared for anything in my whole life.....what I"m referring to is the CET 2005.The best part was seeing loads of people at my centre studying and cramming things into their head till the last minute,while i just stood there laughing and joking,all the while attracting stares and dirty looks.
The amount of pressure the parents put on their kids is unbelievable,constantly quizzing them and teaching them stuff.I felt totally detached and surprisingly calm and at ease...actually come to think of it thats not too surprising considering my lack of preparation.
But nevertheless it was an experience,one I'm glad I went through.I'd recommend it to everyone..(just kidding!!!!)
As for my results.....who knows what will happen!!!.....I am not really worried because I don't believe I'm cut out for medicine...........imagine Dr.Ranjana Pillai.......MBBS,MD......YIKES!!!!!!!!
So you guys feel free to share your experiences writing these entrance exams!!!

cheers,
RJ

P:S-anyone wanna accompany me while I have a bonfire for all my books and papers???

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  • yes i too had a similar experience when i went to the IIT screening test. went in that college n found myself in a sea of nerds. all with traditional nerdy dresses n books n all. i too had a poor preparation but was not worried bout it at all. my mom n dad were worried but they knew i didnt care bout that.

    about the bonfire, well go to the hostel n search there, u'll find all my books there. thanks for burning them

    ps: i failed the test.

    By Blogger ADTC, at Wed May 04, 11:12:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • Welcome Ranjana. Congrats you finally experienced it!!
    Yeah the parental pressure thing is sick...actually you are giving me a chance to write a whole page about it, but I shall restrain myself for now.
    And of course we can imagine you as Dr.Ranjana Pillai MBBS,MD. It totally fits...you in a white labcoat and a microscope in front of you - the perfect picture, the perfect pose. :D
    cheers!

    By Blogger varun, at Thu May 05, 09:55:00 AM GMT+5:30  

  • My 'entrance exam' was an experience alright! I wasn't nervous because I was sure I could crack whatever thet gave. So I walked in and I met this character called Goji (pronounce - go-jee), he's mallu and he happens to be some adminstrative head of the Bagalore branch.
    I had no idea what the exam was about. So I walked in : armed with pens, pencils, erasers (rubber!) and of course my knowledge. But it turned out that I had to type out the answers.
    The questions were framed in such a way that the person reading my answers would know what kind of person I am.
    At the end of the hour I thought I won't get through because my answers were too poetical. In fact I went on to talk about 'the brave new world', but I thankfully stopped myself.
    But it turned out that what I wrote was understandable and not totally on a tangent - I got through. Phew!
    An experience of a different kind - definately.

    By Blogger varun, at Thu May 05, 10:05:00 AM GMT+5:30  

  • varun, what 'entrance exam' was it?

    By Blogger ADTC, at Thu May 05, 10:20:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • Entance exam for the Audio Engineering College I'm joining. Its called SAE.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Fri May 06, 07:41:00 AM GMT+5:30  

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Infectious?

What happens if a person with nothing to do and another person with nothing to do but bit by the oasis bug gets together?
Answer : A blog.

This blogging is so darn infectious that Vishnu and Arun have 'collaborated' and created one. Check here : Doin it Bloggy Style
You can simply guess who named that one!

varun

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In-blog

How many of you can write? Actually most of you can....want to give it a shot?
the s(l)ickroom is having an in-blog competition. This is what you have to do : write on a particular topic. Now cummon, anyone can do that! Right? Please visit the s(l)ickroom for more details and see where those words of yours can take you!

varun

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  • selected entries will be published in Coffee Beanz (CBZ) and all participants will be acknowledged...
    where???....
    well...thats a surprise!

    su

    ps- thanx varun... spread the word... farther!

    By Blogger slickthief, at Wed May 04, 06:14:00 PM GMT+5:30  

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Those inkspots were washed away...

How many of you remember that magazine we made in 11th standard? Too bad there was only one issue.
Anyway, just want to remind you again that...

Love is acceptance without qualification.
Love is comradeship without expectation.
Love is forgiveness without compensation.
Love is the most beautiful and enchanting expression.

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  • I remember. I remember every word, every page and every single fault of the mag. Sniff..sniff..the days of the past shall ever return? I wonder.
    I dont remember if I thanked everyone though. Heres my chance - thank you all for contributing through articles or/and even through all the 'back stage' work.
    Who said there was only one issue? Wait.... ;)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wed May 04, 03:32:00 PM GMT+5:30  

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Monday, May 02, 2005

Back...

Hello!
'The Crosswires' have hit the studio again. This time we are recording much more - a whole bunch of covers (all our favourites) and two of our new songs (if we can come up with more, we'll add them too). These songs will be released online when our official website will be put up (its going to have our songs and our past performances on streaming video) - that would be two weeks from now.

Due to technical limitations (which include not having a studio, electric guitars and mics) all the songs will be released as acoutic versions - simply voice and an acoustic guitar. Though we are technically limited, we are armed with much more knowledge and creativity - all learned the hard way!

We would like to thank you all for supporting us and downloading 'Nothing to keep' (downloads have crossed more than a 120).
So look out for 'The Crosswires'.

Your friendly neighbourhood musician,
varun

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  • lookin forward 2 Crosswires returning 2 the limelite...where they rightfully belong!!!....im sure i say this 4 every1 when i say tht v'll be at ur concerts in the future holdin up lighters!!!....cheers!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Mon May 02, 09:50:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • THREE CHEERS FOR THE CROSSWIRES
    HIP HIP... HURRAY
    HIP HIP... HURRAY
    HIP HIP... HURRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
    CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
    BANG BANG BANG BANG

    - adtc

    By Blogger ADTC, at Mon May 02, 10:15:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • Awww....I'm touched. I'm serious, I really am. :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Tue May 03, 07:44:00 AM GMT+5:30  

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Change

Hey,
If you have noticed, I have made a small change - the comments no longer open in a new page, but they open as a drop down menu. I think its much much more flexible.

varun

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    By Blogger ADTC, at Tue May 03, 03:27:00 AM GMT+5:30  

  • That's a cool new addition. You're doing serious editing on the template, huh?

    But I prefer pop-ups. May be you can activate pop-ups also. I don't think you have to remove the new addition.

    Check out www.statcounter.com and also my blog

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Sunday, May 01, 2005

Already??

Hey!
The blog is already one week old! Applause!! Hopefully I'll be saying something similar a year later!

Some cool songs worth listening to (and that have been running in my head for some time) :

Dave Matthews Band - American Baby (this one's their new one, really lovely)
The Stone Roses - Going Down (a perfect roses classic)
Placebo - This Picture (simply great..wakes you up, who needs coffee if you got placebo!)
U2 - Sometimes you can't make it on your own (The Edge stole my tune!!)
Edson - The Luck I never Had (down in the dumps? listen to this..)

varun

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Remember me????

Hema ma'm here!
It was a great idea to start a blog for the batch of 2005.Congrats Varun & Ranjana!This could actually act as an info on each one of your whereabouts.Once you join various courses you might find it difficult to keep in touch with your class mates individually.Just post your address on the blog & that will help you reach out to everybody.It will keep people like me immensely happy to hear about your achievements ,successes ,in short, the major milestones in your life.Breathe life into this endeavour!Respond to this request with right earnest.Good Luck!

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  • Hello!!
    Of course we remember you!!
    Yeah thats the idea we had - to stay in touch.
    Glad to see you blogging, hope to see more!!
    This reminds me, I knew contact Haimanta and blog a few of his poems too.
    All these poems and pics have set a spark in me to write something more closer to the heart for once.
    Cheers!
    varun

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Sun May 01, 06:31:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • uhm...do you people remember me? I'm Jonathan T. I used to study in Bethany back in the day :D I left for Canada in Grade 8, I believe.. Hema Ma'am, do you remember me?! well anyone else that does know who i am or would like to talk to me anyway... my email is thallajonathan@hotmail.com so feel free to add me online or talk to varun or naveen or chirag or etc. to know more about me :D (Actually I hope that's safe :P not completely sure if that's a smart idea)well just kidding but yeah how's life holding up for ya'll in India? take care, and enjoy

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Thu May 05, 04:23:00 AM GMT+5:30  

  • :O Jon actually trusts us!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Thu May 05, 01:27:00 PM GMT+5:30  

  • well actually...now i'm not so sure..quit creating doubts now mate! :P

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Mon May 09, 03:57:00 AM GMT+5:30  

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Ring-a-ding-ding-ding

Oh wow!! I like the way this blog is heading!! :D :D
We may not have the look, but we got the life!!

Really great!

Please give your posts titles, it will help us sort out archives in the future. And Naveen, we know thats you...but a person coming to the blog the first time wouldn't know. So next time, through all the excitement of successfully blogging please leave your name.

varun

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